Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish
football team
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all-s ...
based in the autonomous city of
Ceuta
Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa.
Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territo ...
. Founded in 1956, it plays in
Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at ''
Estadio Alfonso Murube'' with a capacity of 6,500 seats''.''
History
The club was found in 1956, after a merger between
Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta and
Atlético Tetuán, under the name of ''Club Atlético de Ceuta''. It eventually took the place of Tetuán in
Segunda División, remaining in the category for six campaigns.
After a one-year spell in
Tercera División
Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...
, Atlético Ceuta returned to the second level and enjoyed a further five seasons before suffering relegation in 1968. The club subsequently fluctuated between the fourth and fifth levels, staying in the former for a short amount of time.
After being promoted to the fourth division in 2012 due to an administrative relegation, Atlético Ceuta tried to merge with
AD Ceuta. However, due to the latter's high debts, the club remained under the same name, but with the staff and players of the ''Agrupación Deportiva''.
In 2013, the club was officially named Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club, inheriting AD Ceuta's colours and logo.
Club background
*''Ceuta Sport Club'' — (1932–41); renamed in 1941 to ''Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta''
*''
Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta'' — (1941–56); in 1956 merged with the Spanish elements of
Club Atlético Tetuán to form '' Club Atlético de Ceuta''
Club naming
*''Club Atlético de Ceuta (1956–92)''
*''Ceuta Atlético Club (1992-94)''
*''Club Atlético de Ceuta (1994-2012)''
*''Asociación Deportiva Atlético de Ceuta (2012-13)''
*''Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club (2013–present)''
Other clubs from Ceuta
*''Club Deportivo Imperio de Ceuta'' — (1958–)
*''
Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta'' — ''(1969–91)''
*''Club Ceutí Atlético'' – ''(1996–97)''
*''
Asociación Deportiva Ceuta'' (1997–2012)
Season to season
As Club Atlético de Ceuta
As Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club
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*11 seasons in
Segunda División
*1 season in
Primera División RFEF
*1 season in
Segunda División RFEF
*18 seasons in
Tercera División
Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...
Current squad
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Youth players
References
External links
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Futbol regional profile
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Football clubs in Ceuta
Association football clubs established in 1956
1956 establishments in Spain
Segunda División clubs
Primera Federación clubs
AD Ceuta FC